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Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2009 Mar 15;103(6):845–851. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2008.11.050

Table 4.

Doppler parameters

Parameter	No HF/Normal EF (n = 93)	HFNEF (n = 128)	HFPEF (n = 38)	SHF (n = 98)
Mitral early (E) wave velocity (cm/s)	73 ± 14	80 ± 24	75 ± 28^†	91 ± 27^*^‡
Mitral late (A) wave velocity (cm/s)	77 ± 14	88 ± 26^*^†	82 ± 22^†	65 ± 30
Deceleration time (ms)	191 ± 34	220 ± 60^*^†	217 ± 65^†	154 ± 73^*^‡
E/A ratio	1.0 ± 0.2	1.1 ± 0.8^‡	1.0 ± 0.7^†	1.9 ± 1.3^*^‡
Isovolumetric relaxation time (ms)	96 ± 15	106 ± 35	118 ± 35^*	118 ± 38^*
Tissue Doppler E′-wave velocity (cm/s)	10 ± 2	8 ± 2^*^†	7 ± 2^*^†	6 ± 2^*^‡
Tissue Doppler S′-wave velocity (cro/s)	10 ± 1	9 ± 2^*^†	8 ± 2^*^†^‡	6 ± 1^*^‡
Mitral flow propagation velocity	1.3 ± 0.3	2.1 ± 0.8^*^†	2.4 ± 0.8^*^†	3.0 ± 0.8^*^‡
Estimated left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (mm Hg)	16 ± 1	18 ± 2^*^†	19 ± 5^*^†	21 ± 4^*^‡
τ (ms)	28 ± 13	45 ± 11^*^†	48 ± 13^*^†	56 ± 10^*^‡

p <0.05 versus normal.

^†

p <0.05 versus SHF.

^‡

p <0.05 versus HFNEF.

Abbreviation as in Table 1.